Publications

August 2007 (Revised April 2008)
Case

Texas Pacific Group--J. Crew

By: Michael J. Roberts, William A. Sahlman and Lauren Barley

Describes Texas Pacific Group's purchase and operation of J. Crew, the catalog and specialty clothing retailer. Highlights the issues involved in financing such a transaction, and then focuses on the operational challenges of turning around the business, and of TPG's... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Private Equity; Financing and Loans; Investment; Operations; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Retail Industry

January 2001 (Revised May 2001)
Case

Return Logic, Inc. (A)

By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Michele Lutz

Follows three graduating HBS students as they build a business-to-business Internet venture and highlights the challenges they confront in structuring financing terms with venture capitalists. Requires students to carefully read a six-page term sheet to identify which... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital; Investment Funds; Private Equity; Internet and the Web; Negotiation Deal; Entrepreneurship

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Sustainable Investing - Course Catalog

to rigorously assess investments in the context of non-financial objectives. Investing – Sustainable Investing is a finance course, which could be taken on a stand-alone basis or as a complement to Private View Details

Career Coach

Adam Bronfin

Adam spent five years in real estate private equity prior to HBS. In his previous role, he gained experience across many different verticals within the industry, including development / construction, View Details

Fast Answer

Historical Research - India

Cold War, Emergency Rule in India, and the Resumption of Civilian Rule in Pakistan, 1972-80 India, Raj and Empire
Diaries, letters, maps, sketches and official and private papers relating to the East India Company's activities... View Details

14 Oct 2020
Blog Post

Creating the Minority Renaissance for Venture Capital: Interview with Henri Pierre-Jacques and Jarrid Tingle, Managing Partners at Harlem Capital

entrepreneurship over the next two years and beyond. The Early Days of Harlem Capital The Harlem Capital story begins well before that first day on campus. In 2015, Pierre-Jacques and Tingle first joined forces at ICV Partners, a middle-market minority owned View Details

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Investment Strategies - Course Catalog

already public acquirer - remains a critical step in corporate transformation by private equity investors and innovation by venture capitalists. Because public capital markets play such a key role in the... View Details

24 Apr 2014
News

Showing possibilities and new experiences to young people

Sam Duboc (MBA 1988), a private equity investor, talks about leading the nonprofit Pathways to Education to open possibilities and new experiences to young people in Canada. (Published April 2014) View Details

December 2015 (Revised February 2017)
Case

BRF

By: David E. Bell and Natalie Kindred

In 2015, BRF's new leadership team is transforming several aspects of the Brazilian protein giant, which had grown sluggish after the 2011 merger that created it. Underlying their reforms are the common goals of reducing bureaucracy, streamlining decision making, and,... View Details

30 Apr 2012
Research & Ideas

India’s Ambitious National Identification Program

have no identifying documents at all, and yet multiple documents are required to access government services, such as ration cards for subsidized food. Indians without the necessary View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

28 Sep 2021
News

Alumni Connections Drive Career Opportunities for Students

Subsequently, Westphal returned to the Boston area and joined Providence Equity Partners founded by HBS alumnus Jonathan Nelson (MBA 1983). Finding a perfect fit for himself in private equity, Westphal... View Details

Keywords: Becca Carnahan

01 Jun 1998
News

Devtosh Khare

a business plan to solicit venture capital and helped with strategic planning for a new Web-based product launch. To further expand his knowledge of India's thriving entrepreneurial landscape, Khare also did some work as a summer associate at DLJ View Details

Keywords: Orna Feldman photograph by Webb Chappell

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Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging Questions for Hiring Organizations - Alumni

Careers Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging Questions for Hiring Organizations Careers Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging Questions for Hiring Organizations In Fall of 2020, HBS presented a Plan For Racial Equity . Working in partnership with... View Details

25 Aug 2022
News

September 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books

private equity then exploring the evidence on performance of private equity investments at both the portfolio company level and fund level, View Details

04 Apr 2017
Blog Post

Why I Love My Job: Jerry Murphy at The Davis Companies

underwriting, and closing of new equity and high-yield debt investments on behalf of our latest real estate private equity fund. My area of focus is residential investment... View Details

Keywords: Real Estate

January 1996 (Revised November 1997)
Case

Weston Presidio Offshore Capital: Confronting the Fundraising Challenge

By: Josh Lerner

Weston Presidio Capital encounters substantial difficulties while raising its first fund. The incentives and roles of investment advisors ("gatekeepers") pension funds and consultants are explored. The relationship with lead investors is considered. View Details

Keywords: Private Equity; Financing and Loans; Investment Funds; Markets; Problems and Challenges; Relationships; Motivation and Incentives; Financial Services Industry